Renewed call for countywide sign-posting in the wake of Letterkenny crash

Mary T Sweeney, Donegal's Aontú representative, has made a renewed call for the monitoring and maintaining signposts around the county’s roads, following another accident just outside of Letterkenny.

Ms Sweeney pointed towards another crash that occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Rahan Road at the Listack junction, an area that has become increasingly busy of late.

The party’s Letterkenny council election candidate called for Donegal County Council to carry out a county-wide check and assessment on signposts, and invite the public to highlight where the road signs are broken, missing or simply too dirty to read.

"Signs are extremely important to guide drivers, especially when travelling on unfamiliar routes,” she said. “This is an accident blackspot, possibly not helped by the absence of a missing Yield sign demolished by a previous vehicle crash. The increased traffic on the Rahan Road, as drivers try to avoid congestion in Letterkenny, is creating an increased hazard on this narrow road commonly known as the ‘back road’ to Drumkeen, especially at Listack Junction. People new to this route don’t realise there is a busy junction ahead with no road markings.

“There was no snow to blame for this recent incident, but we witnessed a high number of accidents there recently during icy weather, and the missing Yield sign didn’t help matters. Listack Junction is particularly dangerous and susceptible to crashes. The council’s road department needs to address this as a priority not just here but the length and breadth of Donegal.

"In some places, you would think the lack of distinct road signs in Donegal was deliberately meant to confuse any possible invading army.”